Category Archives: Sacraments

A Few Thoughts on the Sacraments

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Nikki

There were about five million topics of which Jason and I just scratched the surface when we were on the Journey Home so I wanted to give a little detail on at least one of them. Maybe in the future … Continue reading →

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March for Life – 2014

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Jason

This year, the kids and I again made our annual pilgrimage to downtown DC to participate in the March for Life, and Nikki held down the fort with the young ones who couldn’t go out in the 15 degree weather.  … Continue reading →

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GYPSY Religion

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Jason

A couple of months back, the article Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy got a lot of attention, as I believe it rang true for bunches of folks.  The thesis of the article is that the expectations of young adults entering … Continue reading →

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The Reformation Crashed Our Party

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Nikki

As our daughter prepared to celebrate her First Communion, I was somewhat conflicted about how we would celebrate. What came to mind first was all the stories I heard as a grade-schooler from my Catholic friends about their big Communion … Continue reading →

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In Praise of CCD

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Jason

This last Tuesday, our kids finished their first year of religious education classes at our parish church.  These are the classes that are popularly called “CCD” classes–although, at least in our parish, they’re now called PREP (Parish Religious Education Program) … Continue reading →

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Is Any Among You Sick?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Jason

This last weekend, something new happened to me, although I’m guessing it’s happened in the past to at least a few readers:  I was admitted to the hospital for something other than elective surgery.  In my case, it was a … Continue reading →

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Heaven Here

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jason

I’ve written before about how our 12-year-old son Charles has blown me away with his intuitive grasp of some of the basic truths of Catholicism and with his natural openness to the Communion of Saints.  Today, I wanted to share … Continue reading →

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Lame Lies about Women and the Catholic Response I Find Compelling part 2

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Nikki

In my last post I covered the lie that motherhood is nice but perhaps a little lesser on the playing field of what a woman can “do”. This time around I want to step back and talk about a lie … Continue reading →

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What’s Up With All Those Annulments?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Jason

In my last post, I addressed the argument that the sacrament of Penance is a waste of time because it’s open to abuse by people who just lie to their confessors.  In this post, I wanted to take up a … Continue reading →

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But Can’t I Just Lie to the Confessor?

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Jason

It may come as a surprise to cradle Catholics, but one of the Protestant objections I heard fairly often to the sacrament of Penance was, “Well, you’ve got to admit there’s no way to ensure people aren’t just going into … Continue reading →

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